Tomorrow’s the big day.  Yep, we’re tying the knot. But there will be no bride or groom at this ceremony.  It’s the big kickoff of the new B Line RapidRide connecting Redmond and Bellevue via one frequent and awesome new bus line. Come join your R-TRIP friends at the celebration.  Meet us at Redmond City Hall [...]

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Welcome to Redmond, RapidRide! 

Perhaps you’ve recently noticed the striking red, yellow and black buses around town.  Redmond is host to the 2nd of King County Metro’s new RapidRide lines. The eastside “B Line” launches October 1, running between Redmond Transit Center and Bellevue Transit Center via Overlake and Crossroads. See route map.
RapidRide offers numerous new features to [...]

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Sound Transit will implement a fare change on June 1, 2011. Sound Transit’s fare change affects ST Express bus service and Link light rail.  There are no changes to Sounder commuter train fares. There are no changes to fares at King County Metro Transit, Pierce Transit, Community Transit, Everett Transit, Kitsap  Transit or monthly pass [...]

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So!
We just got back into the office after our third straight morning spreading the word about GOrtrip and Bus-to-Work week.  It was a total blast getting to see and talk to everyone getting on and off of various buses, and thank them for making their contribution to the environment in honor of Earth Day.  Well, [...]

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Hey Peeps!  WSDOT will return to Redmond City Hall on Thursday, March 31 from 11am-2pm for residents and employees who need their Good to Go tolling passes.
The remaining Redmond dates will be May 13-15 at Grass Lawn Park.
Great job, Gregory from Bellevue, who submitted this photo in the Seattle Times Peeps Contest! Wait to you [...]

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Hello R-TRIP community (R-TRIP-pers? R-TRIPians? Tripasaurus Rexes?) –
It’s time again for another exciting promotion from Wheel Options.  This spring, if you sign up and log at least 2 commutes between March 13th -26th, you will be entered to win a grand prize trip to New York!
Get your alternative commute on, and you could be star-spotting [...]

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Congratulations to the 50 Redmond commuters who each earned a $25 American Express gift card to spend in Redmond! Each winner logged their green commutes on their myRTRIP account and signed up for the drawing – it’s that easy.  Thanks for your efforts to reduce cars on the roads – much appreciated!

Aaron
Microsoft

Adam
Microsoft

Alex
PlayNetwork, Inc

Angie
Smart Creation

Augustus
Microsoft

BreAnn
Univar

Charles
Microsoft

Chris
Microsoft

Daniel
Microsoft

Dave
Microsoft

Dave
Microsoft

David
Genie Industries

David
Genie [...]

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Hey everyone,
Big news today.  Big like-it-turns-out-that-yetis-santa-toothfairies-and-unicorns-ARE-in-fact-real big!
Here’s the scoop:  In 2011 R-TRIP is offering a free 3-month ORCA pass to any Redmond employees/residents who would like to try the bus.
Visit GOtrip.com, navigate to the transit page,  and find and complete the Transit Subsidy Application (located under transit incentives).
We want to help you make the switch from SOV (that’s a [...]

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For those of you who might be interested:
Metro plans to change bus service in Bellevue, Redmond, Beaux Arts, Clyde Hill, Medina, and South Kirkland
Next October, King County Metro Transit will launch the RapidRide B Line between Bellevue and Redmond. This new bus line will provide frequent, fast, and reliable service throughout the day via Crossroads [...]

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Attention everyone!
R-TRIP and RCTV have been hard at work producing a new ‘how-to’ video.  What’s this one all about?  Mobile Phone Apps and transit.

To be more specific, we highlighted helpful apps that allow you to get real-time bus schedule information (find out whether or not your bus is late, early, or on time), what it [...]

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